Big Crowd Fills Wisconsin State Fair Attendance Up
Milwaukee AP reports 115 025 attended Sundays events at the Wisconsin State Fair, bringing three day total to 251 620, racing crowds and Welk televised shows drawing large interest. Young winners in steer and sheep contests are named with prizes and sales noted. A missing Hampshire boar incident closes the piece with a humorous police tip.
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Milwaukee
Lawrence Welk
Owen Crowley
Fairville
State Fair
Hampshire
Fred Suter
Owen
Death notices from Tomah reveal two local obituaries
William Kuehl 88 of Tomah died at his rural home Aug. 11. Survived by widow Ella, daughter Mrs. Howard Falkner, sons Alvin, Arnold, and Milfred, 18 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Gertrude Mitchell 76 of Tomah died Aug. 10. survived by daughter Mrs. Jose Marain, son Robert, four grandchildren. husband predeceased in 1956. Services set for Aug. 13 and Aug. 14 in Tomah churches. burial in Oak Grove and Camp Douglas Cemeteries.
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Tomah
Wis
William Kuehl
Ella
Howard Falkner
Alvin
Tacoma
Wash
Arnold
Milfred
Tomah Eub
Glenn Kohlhepp
Oak Grove
Ninneman Funeral Home
Gertrude Mitchell
Camp Douglas
Jose Marain
Milwaukee
Robert
McLean
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
Donald Cole
Hood withdraws from university amid enrollment crisis
A student Hood withdrew after being advised to rest to avoid a mental and physical breakdown. University officials disclosed Hood’s withdrawal and a physician’s statement. A white student was suspended indefinitely over incidents connected to Hood and Miss Malone’s enrollment aided by National Guard escorts. Gov. Wallace did not comment.
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Shores
Hood
Gadsden
University
Miss Malone
George Wallace
Wallace
National Guard
Fire and court brief from La Crosse area notices
Fire department logs from La Crosse Municipal Airport and city addresses show standby aircraft duty rubbish and truck fires with no damage plus medical transports to St Francis Hospital. Police reserve blood runs to Krohn Clinic and St Marys Hospital, arrests and court entries include Leonard Arentz Jr. pleading innocent to check forgery with $500 bond.
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la Crosse Municipal
Military Air Transport Service
N. 3Rd St
Miller Broom Co
S. West Ave
N. 8Th St
St. Francis Hospital
Monroe County
Krohn Clinic
Black River Falls
Vernon van Vleet
Bainbridge St
French Island
Darrell Miller
West Salem
St. Mary's Hospital
Sparta
Leonard D. Arentz Jr
Camp Douglas
Engine Unions and Rail Management Meet Over Work Rules
Representatives of engine crews and railroad management met with Secretary of Labor Wirtz to resolve a strike threatening work rules dispute. Locomotive engineers and firemen led the talks, with switchmen conductors and brakemen to meet later. No results were announced.
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Washington
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
Francis A. O'Neill Jr
National Mediation Board
Winona Livestock Market Report Swift & Company
The Winona livestock report lists hogs 25 cents lower with fat hogs discounted 20 to 40 cents per cwt. Cattle vary by class and quality, with steers and yearlings steady to prime 22.25 to 23.25, heifers 20 to 23, cows 13 to 16, veal 16 to 26, and bulls 14 to 17. Prices reflect the South St. Paul and Chicago markets and USDA figures for slaughter stock and hogs.
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Bell & Farrell, Inc
Pete. T
Aileen, Inc
Republic Steel
Allis-Chalmers
Rexall Drug Central
American Can
Clark Oil
Royal Dutch
First Bank
American Motors
Safeway
Ins
DuPont
Swift
Nekoosa
Eastman Kodaki Texaco
North, Plastics
Financial Fed
Trane Co
Pyroil Co
Union Oil
Rap Industries
Fruehaus Trailer
U.S. Rubber
Rockwell Mfg
U.S. Steel
Gamble Skogmo
Western Air Lines
Dutch General Dynamics
General Electric
Westinghouse Elec
Warner Elec
General Motors
White Motors
Western Power
General Telephone
Zenith
Western Tool
Great Northern
Boston Capital
Wis. Pow. & L
Greyhound
Tausche Bonds
Gulf Oil
City Bank
Mutual
Ml Central
la Crosse Cooler
Boston Fund
Indl
Harvester
Ludlow Type
Chem, Fund
Interstate Power
Wallace Press
Eaton & Howar Jones & Laughlin
Dow Jones
Lockheed Industrials
Eaton & Howar Railroads
Mack Trucks
Magnavox
Utilities
Fidelity Fund
Minn
Nevsoybeans
Puritan Fund
Pepsi-Cola _ — eee ee
Wisconsin Fund
Bulls Bologna
South ST. Paul
South ST. Paul, Minn
USDA
Chicago Poultry Chicago
Minn Boy Killed By Wagon Mechanism
Noel Wynna a Hollandale farm boy aged 15 died after falling into a self unloading wagon in Albert Lea Minnesota. He was crushed and mutilated by the machine and died in hospital about an hour after arrival. Survived by his parents a brother and sister funeral services set for Thursday.
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Albert Lea
Minn
Hollandale
Noel Wynna
Fred Wynna
Character Actor Clem Bevans Dies at 83
Los Angeles AP reports Clem Bevans longtime film and television character actor died Sunday at the Motion Picture Country Home in Woodland Hills California. He appeared in Mourning Becomes Electra The Yearling Deputy Marshall Streets of Laredo and Davy Crockett. He was under contract to 20th Century Fox and had lived in Arleta before moving to the home. He is survived by his wife Luppee and two daughters Vikie Dunagan of Los Angeles and Clemente Stiltz of Pacoima.
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Los Angeles
Jactor Clem Bevans
Motion Picture Country Home
Woodland Hills
Calif
Luppee
Vikie Dunagan
Clemente Stiltz
Pacoima
Senate Adjourns In Respect To Kefauver
The Senate expressed profound sorrow over the death of Sen. Estes Kefauver D Tenn and adjourned briefly. A memorial service will be held later and Kefauver will be buried Tuesday in Madisonville Tennessee after a state funeral plan.
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Washington
Senate
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Albert Gore
Tennessee
Kefauver
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Ill
Mansfield
National Service Corps
Congress
Madisonville
Tenn
Births in Local Hospitals Report Multiple Newborns
Grandview Hospital Aug 9 reports a daughter Kimberly Anne to Carl and Shirley Lesky of 2208 George St. Lutheran Hospital Aug 8 records a daughter for Ronald and Jane Griffin Eliabeth Griffin. Aug 10 a daughter for Elden Kauma and Anna Hill. Aug 10 a son for Wallace Bekkum and Vivian Clark.
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Kimberly Anne
Carl Lesky
George St
Shirley Bennett
Lutheran Hospital
Ronald D. Ping
24Th St
Jane Eliabeth Griffin
Thomas O’brien
9Th St
Marciana Racek
Cletus J. McKee
Lansing
Iowa
Joan Carol Less
Elden R. Kauma
S. 29Th St
Anna E. Hill
Wallace V. Bekkum
Grove 'St
Westby
Vivian Clark
Kennedy Family Granted Quiet Mass After Tragic Birth
The Kennedy family mourns after the newborn son dies 39 hours into life following birth at Boston Children’s Medical Center. President Kennedy plans to return to Washington after a five day Massachusetts visit. A helicopter ride from Squaw Island summer home near Hyannis Port to Otis Air Force Base was part of the family’s travel.
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Kennedy
Otis Air Force Base
Washington
Massachusetts
Boston Children’s Medical Center
Boston Center
Boston
12 Killed In Crash Of French Airliner
A Viscount airliner of Air Interline crashed into a tree and a barn near Lyon killing 12 persons and injuring five seriously. Eight passengers and three crew died, a 20 year old farmer among the dead. All aboard had boarded at Lille en route to Lyon then Nice. Two boys on the farm treated for minor injuries. Witnesses cited a violent storm as the weather at the time.
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Lyon
France
Lille
Nice
U S Agrees To Jackson Extradition Of Perez Jimenez
The United States consents to extradite former Venezuelan strongman Marcos Perez Jimenez to Venezuela from Jackson where he has been held under U S custody Perez Jimenez faces charges related to his dictatorship era and seeks trial in his home country with the cooperation of U S authorities in this extradition.
Ex Venezuelan ex-president Perez Jimenez to face trial in Venezuela
The United States agrees to extradite former Venezuelan President Perez Jimenez to Venezuela on bribery and murder charges involving more than 13 million dollars. Secretary of State Dean Rusk announces the decision, marking the first extradition of a former chief of state. Perez has been jailed in Miami since December 12, 1962, while procedural steps are resolved.
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Washington
United States
Perez Jimenez
U.S
Dean Rusk
Venezuela
State Department
Perez
Miami
Rusk
Romulo Betancourt
Dominican Republic
Girl Tries Death by Own Action As Buddhist Protest
In Saigon,18 year old Mai Tuyet, a Saigon University student, harmed herself with a hammer at Xa Lai pagoda in a protest tied to government Buddhist policy. Monks recovered her bleeding body outside the main chapel, and she left letters to President Ngo Dinh Diem and Buddhist leaders explaining her act.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Xa Lai
Mai Tuyet
Saigon University
Ngo Dinh Diem
Madama Ngo Dinh Ngo
CV Banker Irvin Knutson Dead At 77
Irvin Knutson a longtime Coon Valley banker aged 77 died Sunday morning in Madison. Born August 12 1886 in Blair he began banking there before moving to Coon Valley in 1915 to join the bank founded by his brother Edwin. He celebrated 50 years in banking in 1960 and leaves a widow three sons Irvin Jr Lincoln and James a daughter and 13 grandchildren. Services are set for Wednesday at 2 pm at Upper Coon Valley Lutheran Church with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday at Gilbertson Funeral Home 7 to 9 pm.
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Coon Valley
Wis
Irvin Knutson
Madison
Mr. Knutson
Blair
K. S. Knutson
Edwin
Minnie Neprud
William Weigel
Indianapolis
Ind
Irvin Jr
Bellevue
Wash
Lincoln
Westby
James
N. E
Ida) Erickson
Whitehall
Upper
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Beloit
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Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co
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Jack L. Owen
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Phyllis) Galster
Charles
Carl Wahlstrom
Public Works
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Detroit
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Swift & Company
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